The Mighty Hercules - Hercules Invisible - 1964

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[@fordprefect4728]

Gotta love how he had a bow and arrow everywhere randomly lol.

[@zazelby]

I haven't seen this episode since about 1974, but I've remembered it all that time.

[@starofjustice1]

This show is the bomb. I mean, the villain gives his enemy a huge ADVANTAGE and tries to blackmail him into getting rid of it. And he goes along with it! And then gives the villain a huge advantage, and acts like it's a good thing!

[@jimt.626]

That wizard never learns

[@diddymuck]

how convenient that the bow and arrows were within easy reach of the destination.

[@diddymuck]

notice the H on the ring is facing the direction of his fingers when he puts it on but becomes the other direction when he makes a fist.

[@toddlindsay8846]

First Hallow Man

[@zazelby]

I admit, I love this episode entirely for the weird "charge up" sequence, where you can see the ring and the shadows on Herc's hand, but not the hand itself. I saw this episode as a kid and remembered that variation of the ring sequence for *decades* until I finally tracked down this episode again. (Though I'd misremembered the episode's plot - I thought Wilhelmine was the villain for some reason) The rest of the episode makes no sense whatsoever, especially the ending. There was an earlier episode where Daedalus making himself invisible was the entire plot, so Herc making him invisible isn't a punishment, doubly so since Daedalus already has the antidote. (In fact, the plot would have made *more* sense with Wilhelmine as the villain and no other changes, since at least she hadn't done anything with invisibility before)

[@raddadray7535]

Like what herc could fly but he climbed a cliff!

[@diddymuck]

he jumps...but your point remains.

[@utena13]

i remember watching these when i was 10!

[@rawkgawdez]

this one is supermega awesome

[@tdickensheets]

I was born in 1961.

[@NeilPearson73]

"I will never do that"... "but Herc, if you don't I'll never see you again"... "Yeah you're right, I guess I have no choice". I didn't realize that centaur would win a debate like that so easily

[@MichaelBrookham]

Look at it this way, Daedalus, at least now that you are invisible, you can attack Hercules without him knowing.

[@tadimaggio]

And, of course, it would never occur to the strongest man in the world to whirl Daedalus around over his head a few times, and then bellow "EITHER MAKE ME VISIBLE AGAIN IN LESS THAN NO TIME, OR I'LL GRIND YOU INTO MULCH!" And don't give me that felderkarp (yes, in another of my many incarnations, I'm a "Galactica" fan) about how it would be a Bad Example for children to see a superhero threatening a villain with violence. Most children are fully aware of the all-important difference between a bully, who threatens people for his own satisfaction, and a Good Guy who's strong enough to put bullies in their place. A story like that could even be considered -- and I shudder as I type these words -- a "teachable moment". I say that only because "teachable moments" are usually commercial TV's stock-in-trade; like most people, when I was a child, I loathed stories with little "morals" appended to them. I loved the Alice books, Greek mythology, Tolkien, and the fantasies of Poe and Andersen, where good characters could die, and where good only triumphed with difficulty (if at all), and then only with plenty of battle scars. And let's not forget "Rocky and Bullwinkle", "Mr. Peabody and Sherman", Bugs Bunny, and "Fractured Fairy Tales", which were beyond-good-and-evil to a degree that would have made Nietzsche's head spin. Walt Disney as the prince in "Sleeping Beauty", who leaves her asleep in order to build a theme park around her ("Awake, she's one princess in a thousand; asleep, she's a gold mine!") -- now THAT'S entertainment!